mealy-mouthed

not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy-mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hedy	HE-dee (German), HAY-dee (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Deforrest	də-FAWR-əst	English (Rare)
Erland	ER-lahnd (Swedish)	Swedish, Danish
Tjaard	TYAH:RT (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Osbert	AHZ-bərt	English (Rare)
Makana	-	Hawaiian